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We tell you where to operate. And what to do first.

The most consequential decision in any regulated operation is choosing the regulator. We map your commercial intent, capital structure, and risk appetite to the right jurisdiction — and the right sequence — before a single filing goes out.

Jurisdictions modelled
50+
Onshore & offshore
Diagnostic memo
7 days
Intake to delivery
Avg jurisdictions per group
2.3
Across our book
No-retainer first call
45 min
With the partner
01 — Engagement fit

Where this service
compounds.

We work best with operators who treat this work as part of the product, not as an obstacle. Here is where we deliver — and where we may not be the right call.

Ideal engagement

When we deliver outsized value

Founders entering a regulated market
You're launching a crypto exchange, iGaming platform, or FX brokerage and need to choose where to operate. We model 3u20145 viable jurisdictions against your model and recommend a sequence.
Operators planning regional expansion
Already licensed in one regime and adding a second. The choice depends on banking, target market, capital position, and whether the additions should run parallel or in stages.
Boards reviewing a strategic restructure
Existing groups whose current jurisdiction is under regulatory or banking pressure, where the question is whether to migrate, layer, or consolidate.
02 — What you receive

Concrete
deliverables.

Every engagement is scoped against a defined deliverable set. No "best-efforts" billing — the package is what you get, capped variations agreed in writing.

Jurisdiction matrix
A side-by-side comparison of 3u20145 viable regimes for your business model u2014 timeline, capital, year-one cost, substance, banking, market access, and ongoing burden. Honest about trade-offs, including where we are not the strongest choice.
Diagnostic memo
An 8u201415 page memo with our recommendation, the reasoning, and the disqualified alternatives. Delivered 7 days after the diagnostic call.
Sequenced roadmap
Where the right answer is more than one jurisdiction (it usually is), a phased plan: which licence first, which second, how to bridge banking and operations between them, and how to manage parallel review.
Capital & substance modelling
A working financial model showing year-one and year-three loaded cost of operating under each candidate regime u2014 capital, regulator fees, substance, audit, compliance, and tax overlay.
Regulator-perspective briefing
Where confidential market intelligence is relevant, we share our current read on each regulator's posture u2014 capacity, throughput, response patterns, current scrutiny themes u2014 informed by our active dossiers.
Direct introduction to engagement
Where we are the right firm to deliver the licensing, the diagnostic credits to the licensing engagement. Where we are not, we say so and refer onward u2014 explicitly, and without bridge-burning.
03 — Engagement cadence

How the work
actually moves.

A typical engagement runs along the phases below. Where we are joining mid-stream — into an existing application or a live operation — we adapt from the relevant entry point.

Diagnostic call

Day 1

45-minute partner consultation to map your business model, target markets, and regulatory constraints.

Modelling & analysis

Days 2u20145

Multi-jurisdiction cost, timeline, and risk modelling against your specific operating and commercial profile.

Memo & matrix delivery

Day 7

Written comparison matrix and recommendation memo with full rationale for each option considered.

Decision support

Days 7u201421

Follow-on advisory to stress-test the recommended path and support the final jurisdiction decision.

"We map your commercial intent, capital structure, and risk appetite to the right regulator — not the loudest one. The choice of jurisdiction defines everything that follows." — — Dmitri Sherle, Founding Partner
Ready when you are

Tell us where
you want to
operate.

Forty-five minutes with a partner. Jurisdiction memo within seven days. No retainer required to start.

GSS Legal consultation
45 min
First call with a partner.
No retainer required.